British Columbia

25/09/23
Author: 
Michelle Gamage
‘Because of the way this was handled at the start of the pandemic, masks became the hottest political issue around the pandemic. They should have been introduced as a protective measure, like a seatbelt or bike helmet, not a restrictive measure,’ says Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi. Photo via Shutterstock.

Sept. 25, 2023

‘Roll up your sleeves and roll down the windows.’ The virus is here to stay, but that doesn’t mean we’re any safer. A Tyee Q&A.

24/09/23
Author: 
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
For months, Vancouver's road signs have been defaced by conspiracy theorists plastering them with references to conspiracies about 15-minute cities and the World Economic Forum. Photo by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson/National Observer

Sept. 19, 2023

An inside look at the plot to make climate denial mainstream

Efforts by libertarian conspiracy theorists and climate change deniers to block climate initiatives in the Kootenay region of B.C. are threatening to engulf the province as the loose coalition plots ways to expand its ideology.

22/09/23
Author: 
Information Bulletin BC Government
Coastal GasLink route. Wetʼsuwetʼen territory is in the white square

Sept, 21, 2023

The Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has issued two administrative penalties totalling $346,000 to Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. (CGL) on Sept. 19, 2023, for non-compliance with requirements of its environmental assessment certificate.

21/09/23
Author: 
John Woodside
Trudeau at climate summit

Sept. 21, 2023

Speaking at the Climate Ambition Summit in New York City on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was grilled for Canada’s massive oil and gas expansion at a time when climate science demands fossil fuels be rapidly phased out.

21/09/23
Author: 
Michelle Gamage
A supervised injection site in Surrey. ‘Decriminalization is about seeing the harms that the actual system is doing to the individual person,’ says Brittany Graham, executive director of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, ‘and addressing those harms at the system level.’ Photo by Jonathan Hayward, the Canadian Press.

Sept. 21, 2023

The recent focus has been on banning drug use in playgrounds and parks. But advocates say that’s a red herring.

20/09/23
Author: 
Jackie Wong
Conservative activists’ focus on children has been generations in the making, painting a falsely appealing portrait of indignant morality and relatable neighbourliness. hoto via Shutterstock.

Sept. 20, 2023

It’s called the ‘1 Million March 4 Children.’ But who are they really fighting for?

18/09/23
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
The Middlesboro Bridge, over the Coldwater River collapsed in 2021 and still has not been replaced. It will cost $10 million to fix, part of which will go to shoring up the dikes at the bridge site. Photo via BC government.

Sept. 14, 2023

An FOI request reveals a lack of government action to address known risks.

Category: 
18/09/23
Author: 
Aldyn Chwelos, Kristen de Jager and Paul Voll
‘We shouldn’t be working in this.’ Tree planters say that industry pressures trap them in unsafely polluted settings. Illustration by Nora Kelly.

Sept. 18, 2023

As the job hazard grows across Canada, protections fail to keep up. A Tyee and Climate Disaster Project special report.

Athick grey haze brewed above Alberta’s Slave Lake region in the summer of 2021. Seth Forward thrust his shovel into the earth to carve a home for green-needled seedlings. The heat and swarms of horseflies plagued him. But as Forward planted tree after tree, he was more concerned with the dark sky and acrid smell in the air.

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